New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-27
CHANCES AT MEN AND THINGS
SOME OF THE CURRENT CHAT OF The
HOTELS AND OTHER PLACES.

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Rebellion At the siege of Vicksburg the Governor
was a captain IN an Illinois regiment which serv-
ing at the front under General w. W. Orm, who was
friend OF Judge David Davis, and had secured his
commission through his influence His command was
nearly out of powder. General Grant came rinihg
down about o'clock in the afternoon to where yen
eral Om had his headquarters and said TO hlh iour
troops are of service to me without ammunition.
You must send over to Chickasaw Bayou 10 sot
powder" Chickasaw Bayou was thirty miles away.
difficult road and Numerous streams INTERVIEWED urn
declared that it impossible to make the Trip ana
General Grant rode away with the remark wen
you vaueless to me without ammunition: uet lne
ammunition" General Orm sent for captain houto
and asked him to undertake the trip. Inc captain
had o lot of country BOYS in his command ana ne set
them TO work TO mpruvse harness and secure yenices
! An old farm wagon. two or three amDuiances "nu
cart made up the tram they prcsseu INTO S nddI
| every borse in the regiment. Some were od stuuio
hOrses Il at had never been harnessed but inc oIS
broke them in the trip. They travelled all hlgl';
fortunately having moonlight Tor the trlp ana returned
Mt 3 o'clock the neAt day. Long aiterwarl General
Grant said that this trip one OF the best responses
TO order from him that occurred during inc n'i.
Captain ROut entirely unaware tnai nc hau uV',
ANYTHING out of ordinary obedience to the cOmhahu VI
"a superior officer until the great reunion OF the oI
armies took place at Chicago lie was ntfoaqccu ~
| General Grant there by General IT, SElln, M"o"
Grant said TO him " | know Captain ltoutt' iic ~
the man who got ammunition at Vickslnrg ana put
General Orm III a condition to fight without when VIC
would have been partly crippled.
Governor Routt has had eyentiu life. After the
war he became Sheriff OF his county in Illinois IL vas
oyerrun with desperadoc and he made himself noted
by arrcsng several Of them and driving tho rest olt
| of the country On General Grants accession 10 the
| Presidency he made Captain Routt postmaster AZ
Bloomington Illinois, aud later he lccanr ASSl5t'h,
Postmaser-C General. He was appointed Governor Oh
Colorado and the occupant OF that position whsh
/ Colorado became n State. By election he became nc
first Executive of Colorado on It's entrance mo .c
Union. The Governors great ambition Tor years WIS
to become Postmaster-GcneraL His Interests III Oo
orado in mining. cattcgrowing and lana lhlProNc
mcuts. lie is of the Wedlthc, men OF ms Hla'e
aud intends TO 90 the Senate it Oh ngs shape rodnd
Tor him properly.
Governor Routt warm friend OF the iate OK
Senator Jerome b, Chance OF Colorado with whom he
had frequent political antagonisms without dstuOh"
their personal relations. Senator Chaiee was men
toned tho other day when the Governor salu :
jerome Il. CbaitcC had all The elements OF true M
/ hood Whoever knew him recognized aud aChho"I-
ed cd thi, TACT lie wonderful man Tor pIahG.lS
bur hand Tor detail. Dave Monat sulP,i'u
him with the machinery of detail. aud alter nance
had planncd Mohatt would cXecne. M0lat Is dne
! rchcst man in Colorado by all odds. When Chth'e
lost money in tho Grant ~ Ward affair honatt t'ie
gIaphec him: You have no need to worry one ni,,
OF all ! have II yours There are great many on
fellows around Colorado WAC came there IN the curry
days with Chafce. Very few OF them got wealthy;
Very many Ct them were needy and when Chaitc uSeI
to come back from the East these old fellows WOMB
come down from the mountains to see him. lie usei
to hand them ont money rs freely il i: dir. aud
told them that should go hungry while he hah
dollar left /: this great generosity on his par'
that made hun popular
Major John j. Safely of Indiana who has been here
tor several days. has been engaged in closing up bu'
ness transactions by which he will realize on property
Investments in n way to make him one OF the
Nealthi.-t men of his State. Tho Major has had a
curious and eventual lite. His father was black
and he grew mp IN the blacksmith shop. lil- h''
housekeeping after his marriage was IN a cottage ON
! the line OF tine Illinois Central road winch he punt
with his own bands out Of slabs and cheap lumber.
M.ior Safely Is fond of fun lie passenger on
a Hudson River boat from Albany 10 New ork last
YEAR and had retired Tor the night. bn was greatly dis
turhcd by the talk and conversation of the people IN
/ staterooms adjoining hs own. IL seems that ~ the
/ party engaged IL talking two or three person
! by the name of Roach TO whom the question, were
frequently addressed. Finally odc OF the party com
ol,inrd of heinz disturbed hy mosquitoes. sayius
Don't they disturb ,ou. Colonel Roach Iherenp0n
Safely called out The mo,qmtoe, do not disturb mr
| halt ~ much tie noise OF the Iolchc-. I'm cN-
poson Of laughter followed hi, quip and he WIS per
nitted To 20 to sleep without further annoy
A rare charm is that which is worn on the watch
! chain of A. VI. Garland. who member OF the
| United States Tarh Commission and Is now assistant
/ secretary OF the American Protective Iarih League.
IT il a piece o. grccu agate about an inch aud hii III
/ length which was procured by hm IN N"w-|ealand
when he WAS there some years ago. Inc green agate
il highly priced by the Naoris aud some al the macs
wear pieces four or five inches IN length suspended hy
a black thread from their cara ihcy generally nave
also a piece ribbon tied ut the base of the ear and
flowing behind. IL becomes dirty and greasy N tine
and far from ornamental The Chinese brLr the green
agate almo. ~ highly ~ the New IcalandcrH ana
make an article of trade between the tao counirer
4 Clicacoan who has made hms, II prominent before
the country by hs success III business Is Marshall
Field who was here during the week TO attend meet
ing of the directors Of the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad II is twenty-five years sine; Nr. Field went
| from Massachusctt, TO Chicago salesman of dry
! goods house To-day he ia known ~ the Merchant
/ Prince OF the Lake City and - one OF the wcahcst
| men in the West With 4. H. Letter he founded the
! dry goods firm which became known all over the
United states One element IN their success was their
departure from the custom OF Chicago merchants who
bought their imported goods from wholesale houses III
New YORK. They themselves became direct importers
ron Europc. Mr. Field il a handsome man of about
fifty two 6ity-thrcr years Of age. with cOntcnted
face. lie wears iron-gray mustache. His partner
ship with Mr. Letter dissolved some time ago aud
Mr. Field Is alone in the business lie IS director
in two three banks aud in several railroads and Is
said to nbious create the largest fortune c'cr
built up by any merchant in this country His 1ns
ness associates say that he Is treless yorker and are
inclined to think that lac will succeed in ms ambition
The aptness- of Senator Vest of Missouri, both in
story telling and repartce has been atcsted in many
word contests He asked friend, who is Republi-
can The other day. how the stock market running
VERY slow and dull" was the reply; we shall never
| have a boom in stocks while there is a Democratic
| President" Senator Vests sharp reply was Well,
| | hope then you will never have BOOM Then lac
added " But Tor my part cannot see what difference
IL makes with stock gambling and faro banks whether
! there il "A Re publican or Democratic President
Ira Skaters threats against Joseph Pulitzer were
mentioned in Senator Vests presence when lac SAID
out in our country it Lawyer should threaten to
shoot n man sight or to gun in preparation
for shooting him sight, the man against whom the
threat is made would march ont and shoot the other
fellow and n jury would acqu him OF murder without
going cut of their Ii Pulitzer should 20 ana
| shoot Slater after his threats ] do not think Jury
could be found to convict him. By the way, Mr'
! pnItzer had n most remarkable experience in ~.
| Louis. He was going to restaurant one day when
some fellow slipped up behind and hit him clip be-
1 md ear
| knocked him down. With his elsscs of he was nnabc
| TO see and the fellow jumped on him and hammered
him and then jumped up and ran away before Pulitzer
could fad ont vino his arsalant was. lie never did
find out Very few people the ARRAY. and il any OF
| them knew the who did the beating they kept
silent Pulitzer offered 81 900 reward for the dis
/ coycry of tic man who hit him, but the name and
| identity of the person were never established
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